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Public Hearing Sign-in at attendance table to be added to project mailing list A public hearing notice was mailed to known property owners within project area Announcement of this hearing was posted to INDOT website. A media release was also issued Legal notice of public hearing published in Elkhart Truth on 10/11, 10/17 & 10/24; Middlebury Independent on 10/12, 10/19 & 10/26

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Environmental Document Requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Requires INDOT to analyze and evaluate the impacts of a proposed project to the natural and socio-economic environments Impacts are described in environmental document Environmental document was released for public involvement September 2011

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Environmental Document Development of document begins once purpose of need for the project has been clearly identified Develop a number of possible alternatives including a Do Nothing alternative as a baseline for comparison Screen alternatives to identify a preferred alternative Solicit public comment on environmental document and preliminary design plan Solicit, address, and fully consider public comments as part of decision making process

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INDOT would like to hear from you Talk with INDOT project team members Comment sheet in information packet E-mail or Mail comments to INDOT Sign-in sheet to be added to project mailing list Visit INDOT website at www.in.gov/indot/2366.htm Public Involvement pagewww.in.gov/indot/2366.htm All comments are very much appreciated and will be given full consideration by project team

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Submit Public Comments Submit public comments using the options described in 1 st page of information packet Public Comment Form Via e-mail Participating during public comment session via microphone Verbal comments recorded and transcribed for inclusion into to public hearings transcript INDOT respectfully requests comments be submitted by Monday, November 14, 2011 All comments submitted will become part of public record, entered into transcript, reviewed, evaluated and given full consideration during decision making process